MTTN

MTTN

 Meet The Teacher Night

You know, when the parents come to school and "meet" their child's teacher and explore the classroom which their child spends seven hours each day.

The event the teachers spend all afternoon cleaning and straightening, not to mention decorating their classroom so its an inviting engaging environment, and then run home to freshen up and don professional attire. Somewhere in there, they gulp down dinner before returning to their classroom to set out displays and finely tuned Google slides.

Yeah.... that was Friday night.

It was a long day.... 7 am to 9:30 pm. 

Such an obedient class, just waiting for their teacher to give directions!

But, what an opportunity to make connections and open discussions! After all, isn't this a partnership between the school, the parents, and myself? MTTN is the beginning of what  hopefully becomes a successful educationally challenging, yet growing experience for every student.

It was a great way to spend a Friday night!

I put the meet above in quotations because unlike most schools in America, I see my students' parents often. Yellow school busses do not exist in Taiwanese culture. Most of my students are brought to school by a parent.Since most of these parents are the nonworking spouse, they don't just drop off their child. They park and walk their child to the classroom. In the afternoon, the process is repeated. I might also add that of my 23 students, I have taught older siblings of ten of them. 

The students took their parents on a tour of the school, as well as the classroom, earning stamps for their passport along the way. It was satisfying for me to see their excitement as they shared their book cubbies filled with their Bible, notebooks, and work folders. They were also able to share their independent reading box filled with good-fit books (at least I hope they were good-fit books. It's a work in progress)!

Being the only second grade teacher also means that I have taught the majority of al the students in the 3rd grade all the way up to 8th. It was great to see parents of former students as they made their way to different sections of the school.

But, the best part of the night was the...

smiles!

What a bunch! I really do have the world's greatest job!